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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



CHILDREN'S 



KITCHEN-GARDEN BOOK. 



ADAPTET) FROM THE oniOIXJL, WITR 
ADDITIOXJL SONGS. 



BY 

EMILY HUNTINGTON. 



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NEW YORK: 

WYNKOOP & HALLENCECK, PRINTERS, 

121 Fulton Street. 

1881. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in tlie year 1881, by Emily Huntington, 
in the Office of the Librarian of C^oiigress at Washington. 



PREFACE 



The Kitchen-Garden Association, founded in 
January, 1880, has so increased the public interest 
in the system that an almost immediate demand 
has been created for a Child' s Primer to supple- 
ment the original book. To meet this demand, 
this little volume has been prepared. 

The large book will still be needed for the 
teachers, as only a few neio songs have the notes 
accompanying them. 

Both books can be procured by addressing the 
agent of the Association, Mr. Kendall, of No. 7 
East 14th Street, New York ; but inquiries in re- 
gard to the details of the system should be sent to 
Miss Grace H. Dodge, the Corresponding Secretary 
of the Association, No. 2Q2 Madison Avenue, New 
York. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

LESSON I.— Uses of Wood and 1\\pi: k 7 

Rule for Making Fire 8 

Wood Song 9 

Uses of Paper 10 

Folding Song 10 

Waiting on the Door 10 

Look at Little ^Maggie 11 

Another 11 

LESSON II.— TABLE-SirrTiNG axd Disii-Was:iixg - - 12 

Table-Setting Lesson 12 

Table-Song — " When I was A'ery little " 12 

Song— ^'Sce the Cook" .' i:^ 

^jcsson — Washing Kitchen Dishes 14 

Song — "Washing Dishes" 15 

LESSON III. — Bed-Makixg axd Sweepixg 7 

Simg—" Bean Bag Play" 17 

Bed-Making Song IS 

Bed-Making Lesson 18 

Bed-Making in Rhyme 21 

Sweeping Song 21 

Sweeping Lesson 23 

Song — '^ Four little Girls went Sweeping" 25 

" Broom Brigade " 25 

LESSON IV.— Clothes- Washing 26 

Recitation .'J 26 

Washing Lesson 26 

Washing Song 30 

Scrubbing Song 30 

Clothes-Line Song 31 



6 CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

LESSON v.— Dinxer-Tablt: Setting and Pricking 33 

Song — " Oil ! how can a poor little Maiden " 33 

Dinner-Table Setting — Waiting Lesson 33 

Pricking Song 36 

Marketing Lesson 37 

Song—'' Beating Eggs " 39 

LESSON VL-^IOULDING 40 

Recitation 40 

Song— "Pat-a-Cake" 40 

Moulding Lesson 40 

Moulding Song 41 

Salt Song 42 

Song— "Play Old Cook" 42 

SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 

L School Time 43 

2. Table Song 43 

3. Mulberry Bush 44 

4. Come to the Kitchen School 45 

5. Soap and Sand 46 

6. Poor Little Maiden : 47 

7. Scrubbing Song (No. 2) 47 

8. '^ Fill your jilace in the World " 49 

9. Washing Song (No. 2) 51 

10. Recitation — Little Katie 52 

11. When we are very little (No. 2^ 53 

12. The Little Waitress 54 

13. Boiling Potatoes (No. 2) 56 



LESSON I. 

THE USES OF WOOD AND PAPER. 

Mention some of the uses of wood in a kitchen ? 

To make cooking utensils, washing utensils, and 
to kindle fires. 

Ofivhat kind of wood must cooking utensils he made f 

Of hard, tasteless wood, white maple being gen- 
erally used. 

Are ivashing utensils, tubs, pails, etc., make of one piece or 
many f 

Many pieces, held together with hoops. 

What tvill happen if tliey become dry ? 

They will fall to pieces ; so they should be kept 
in a damp place, or allowed to stand with a little 
water in them. 

Wliich is most expensive in the city, coal or ivood f 

Wood. 

Th€7i, if people burn coal, do they need ivood ? 

Yes, to kindle the coal. 

Would coal kindle tvithout wood f 

No. 

When is the proper time to gather the kindlings f 

In the afternoon, so that they may be all ready 
for the morning' s fire. 



CHILDREN S KITCHEN GARDEN. 



What is the best hind of ivoodfor Mndling f 
Pine. 

Give a rule for nmhing fire in rhyme? 



liULE FOR MAKING EIRE. 

V^ne for kindling is the best, 

Split some fine, leave coarse the rest, 

Put paper first to start the fire, 

Then pile the kindlings on still higher ; 

Lay them so crossed they'll let in air ; 

To choke a fire i^ never fair. 

Then always light it from helow, 

That the flame ma^^ upward go ; 

Catch the whole, and light the sticks, 

Then with care the coal you fix. 

Only take it with a shovel, 

As from a liod 'twill fall on double. 

For twenty minutes it is meet 

Tliat the coal j^ou oft repeat, 

But never pile it up so high 

That the covers are too nigh. 

For it makes them warp and crack. 

When the stove you reall}^ pack, 

And best stoves are spoiled, 'tis said. 

If they get too hot and red. 

So at last the drafts you close. 

Your fire is made — but don't suppose 

Your work is done, for still you must 

Brush up the hearth, wash off the dust. 

What are matches used for f 

For lighting the lire, gas, lamps or candles. 



THE USES OF WOOD ANJy PAPER. \) 

Where is the proper place to scratch a match f 
Always on the box, or on something made for the 
purpose ', never on the wall. 

Whjf 

Because it will make an ugly black mark. 

Where should ynt throw the burned ruatches ? 
Into the stove or into some safe place» 



AVOOl) SONG. 

Little chilthen, can you tell, 
Do you know the story well, 
How tlie trees grow in tlie wood, 
And for wliat tlie sticks are good ? 

First we learn in kitchen school. 
There we always work by rule, 
Laying them ^^'ith greatest care, 
On the lines of every square. 

This to straightness trains our eyes, 
And we quickly grow so wise, 
^Twill only take a minute's look 
To find the sliglitest turn or crook. 

Then about the matches learn, 
llow they're made and how they burn. 
Not to scratch them on the wall, 
Nor on the carpet let them fall. 



10 children's kitchen garden. 

Then we call them knives and foiks^ 
And we have our little talks, 
Of how many there should be, 
If om' guests are two or three. 

Ti^us little children, though so small, 
Quite too young yet to know all. 
Still should leara these simples rules^ 
Taught them at the kitchen schools. 



THE USES OF PAPER. 

What do tve learn from the paper f 
To iron and to fold. 



FOLDING SONG. 

Here we sit together. 

Folding hits of paper, 

Learning while we are young. 
Learning to fold napkins as we ought to iron them, 
Learning to fold table-cloths, doilies, towels and handkerchiefs, 
Learning to fold everything as we ought to iron it. 



WAITING ON THE DOOR. 

Here goes a crowd of merry little girls 
Who've lately come to school. 

They're going to learn the kitchen song. 
And mind the kitchen rule. 



THE USES OF WOOD AND PAPER. H 

As they go round and around and around. 

As they go round once more, 
And this is the girl, the very little girl, 

Who's learning to wait on the door. 

LOOK AT LITTLE MAGGIE. 

Look at little Maggie, 

She shows us the game ; 
Look at little Maggie, 
Now we'll do the same. 

ANOTHER. 

Look at our dear teacher, 

She shows us the game j 
Look at our dear teacher, 

And we'll do the same. 



12 childken's kitchen garden. 



LESSON II. 

TABLP>SP3TTIXCr A^I^ DISH-WASHING. 

What sJiould be put on the table first f 
Table cloth. 

WJiat next f 
Knives and forks. 

Where should knives be phwed 2 

At the right hand. 

Why2 

Because we iise them with the right hand. 

Where sliould forks be jplaced f 

At the left. 

Which do you eat with f 
The fork. 

TABLE SONG. 

When 1 was very little, I used to sit and think 

How hard my mother had to work, until my heart would sink. 

I tried to help her, as I could, hut always did it wrong, 

That only made the matter worse, and her own work so long. 

Chorus. — So then I went to scliool, 
So then I went to school, 
And there we learned exactly light, 
For we were tausrht bv rule. 



TABLE-SETTING AND DISH-WASHING. 13 

We learned to set the table, we learned to make tlie fires, 
We leanied to draw a cup of tea, the cup that never tires ; 
We learned to wash the dishes, and keep the kitchen neat ; 
We learned to move more gently and quietly to speak. 

Chorus. — All this we did at school, 
All this we did at school, 
And there we learned exactly right, 
For we were taught hy rule. 

And now we make a thankful bow, to all who teach us here, 
We know we never should know how, without their love and 

cheer. 
You bought us toys to teach us, you kept our courage up ; 
You set a little talde, and asked us all to sup. 

Cnoiius. — All this we did at school, 
All this we did at school, 
And there we learned exactly right, 
For we were taught by rule. 

SEE THE COOK. 

See the cook in the kitchen. 

In the kitchen. 

In the kitchen. 

In the kitchen. 
See the cook in the kitchen, 

So early in the morning. 
She makes the fire and it blazes up, 
(With appropriate motions.) 
She takes the flour and sifts it through, 
Then with the milk she mixes it wellj 



14 childken's kitchen garden. 

Then she rolls her biscuit out, 
Aud with the cutter she cuts them down, 
With the fork she pricks them well, 
Into the oven she shoves them then. 
The mill goes round and the coffee grinds, 
Th^water boils, and she pours it on ; 
Breakfast is ready, we butter the bread, 
But first we thank the Lord for food, 
Both night and morning. 



WASHIXCr KITCHEN DISHES. 

When are kitchen dishes to he washed f 
As soon as the meal is on the table. 

Wfiat is to be done ivith a pot or slcillet as soon as if is 
emptied of the food f 

It should be at once filled with water and put to 
soak. 

WJiat things are necessary to wash them properly f 

A large linen dish-cloth, 

An iron dish-cloth, 

A small scrub brush, 

A whisk broom. 

Wlmt is the first thing you do f 

Clean the sink by pouring the water out of pots 
and kettles, and scraping up all neatly from the 
bottom of the sink. 

^Vllat do you use to clean the sink f 
A whisk broom. 



TABLE-SETTING AND DISH- WASHING. 15 

What do you do tvitJi the sinlc scraps f 
Burn them, putting the stove cover on very close 
afterward. 

What do you do nextf 
Make the hot suds. 

1)1 ivhat order do you ivash f 

First wash all dishes used for mixing, then spoons 
and kitchen knives, then the tins, which should be 
put on the stove a few minutes after they are dried 
by the towel. 

What shoidd be done next f 

Add hot water and wash iron kettles. 

With what do you ivash the inside of the littles ? 
The iron dish cloth. 

What is then done ivith the scrub brush ? 
Scrub the outside of the kettles. 

EULE FOR WASHING TABLE DISHES IN SONG. 

WASHING DISHES. 

Washing dishes, wasliing dishes j 

Suds are hot, suds are hot. 
Work away briskly, work away briskly j 

Do not stop, do not stop. 

First the glasses, first the glasses ) 

Wash them well, wash them well. 
If you do them nicely, if you do them nicely, 

All can tell, all can tell. 



IG children's kitchen garden 

Then the silver, then the silver 

Must he bright, must be bright. 
Work a^\•ay swiftly, work away swiftly. 

With your might, with your might. 

Then the pitchers, then the pitchers 

Come the next, come the next. 
Wash the cleanest things first, wash tlie cleanest things first j 

That's yom' text, that's your text. 

Cups and saucers, cups and saucers 

Follow now, follow now. 
Then you need to rinse them, then you need to rinse them, 

You know how, you know how. 

Last the dish-pans, last the dish-pans 

Scald and diy, scald and dry ; 
Towels on the clothes-line, towels on the clothes-line 

Put up high, ])ut up higli. 



BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 17 

LESSON III. 

BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 
I. 

BEAN-BAG PLAY. 

What are bean -bags made off 
^hat are bean-bags n 
Bed-tick and l)eans. 



What are bean-bags made of? 



Two great extremes, 
And that's what bean-bags are made of. 

What do beans grow for ? 
What do beans grow for ? 

To boil and bake, 

And soup to make, 
And that's what beans do grow for. 

What is bed-tick made for ? 
What is bed-tick made for ? 

To cover onr beds 

And pillow our heads, 
And that's what bed-tick is made for. 

What are games good for ? 
What are games good for ? 

To rest our brains. 

And spare us pains. 
And that's what games are good for. 



18 CHILDREN S KITCHEN GAKDEN. 



BED-MAKING SONG. 

When you wake in tlie moniing-, 

At the day dawnmg, 
Throw off the bedding and let it all air ; 
^ Then shake up the pillows, 
In waves and in billows, 
And leave them near windows, if the day is quite fair. 

For beds made in a hurry, 

A fret and a worry, 
Are always unhealthy and musty, 'tis sure ; 

But left for an airing, 

Painstaking and caring, 
And one must sleep sweetly, to know it is pure. 

The rules for bed-making, " 

If ever forsaking. 
You list to the careless and hurry them through, 

The}^ll soon grow so matted. 

So hard and so flatted, 
You'll wish you had listened, and ke]^)t them quite new, 



BED-MAKIXG LESSON. 

How many times do you arrange a room ? 
Three: first, for airing; second, for the day; 
third, for the night. 

How (h you crmmence the airing f 

By opening the windows, laying off the bedclothes 
and beating np the pillows. 



BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 19 

What next? 

The soiled clothes gathered and put in the hamper 
or bag, and the chamberwork done. 

What things are neccssaru to do the uvrk nicely f 

A pail for waste water, 

A pail for hot suds. 

Two cloths for washing and drying the bowl and 
soax) dish. 

Two cloths, distinctly marked, for the other 
crockery. 

Are scrtib brushes needed f 

Yes, if the bowl or washstand is marble. 

Whij is a scrubbing brush needed for a stationary bowl f 
Because the hard water and soap would settle in 
a sort of black scum, unless the bowl is washed out 
every day, and carefully scrubbed once a week or 
washed with soda. 

How do you heep a bath tub bright and unscratchedf 

By washing it every morning, after it has been 

used, with hot suds, and drying it with a soft cloth or 

towel. 

How do you arrange the room for the day? 
Make the bed and dust the room. 

What three things are necessary to a well-made bed f 
It should be level, square and smooth. 

Hoiv do you make it level f 

By turning it every day, from side to side and end 
to end. 



20 BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 

How do you make it sqmire f 

By folding the clothes carefully at the corners and 
sides. 

How is it made smooth f 

By drawing all the clothes, esi^ecially the spread, 
very tight. 

At ivhich side of the bed sliould you stand to malce it f 

At the same side you stand to take off the clothes. 

Why ivill it not do to stand one side ivhen takiny off the 
clothes^ and the other side when putting them on f 
Because they would get turned wrong. 
How long shoidd the top sheet come above the blanket f 
At least a quarter of a yard. 
How do you put on the under sheet f 
With the right side up. 

How do you put on the upper ? 
With the right side down. 

Why f 

That the two right sides may come together, and 
the upper fold over right. 

^]^lat can you do when the blankets are too narrate for a 
double bed'^ 

Put the top one from side to side rather than from 
end to end. 

^Vhat should be done with a bed on sweeping-day ? 

E-emove all the l^edding, and lifting each slat care- 
fully, dust the bedstead ; then make the bed neatly, 
and cover till the dust is settled. 



BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 21 

How do you arrange tlie room for the night f 

Close the blinds, draw tlie shades, light the gas, 
open the bed, take all the waste w^ater from the 
room, and bring fresh w^ater, especially drinking 
water. 

How should the heel he opened f 

The spread folded in its creases and pnt nnder 
the large pillows to press, and the pillow shams laid 
on top in some convenient place; then the bedclothes 
tnrned down and the small pillows pnt on. 

BED-MAKING IX RHYME. 

She now turns tlie bed from the foot to the head, 
Then tucks in the sheet so smooth and so neat. 
To be tight at the side, the things must be wide. 
At the foot fold the clothes, for fear of cold toes. 
When using the bed, she lays off the spread, 
Turns it down at the top, that in you may liop, 
So now say your prayers, lay aside all your cares, 
Aud rest your small head, for your teacher has said, 
You^re a dear little girl, and can make a nice bed. 



SWEEPING SONG. 

Away now swiftly flying, 
It is our sweeping day. 

For brooms and dusters hieing, 
To w^ork without delay ; 

First open shutters wide, 

Move little things outside. 



22 BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 

Choeus. — Then sweep, sweep, sweep, my little maid, 
To make your room so neat. 

Look well into tke comers, 
For cobwebs on the walls ; 
• Don't leave the dusty mourners, 
All hanging there like palls j 

But sweep them all away, 

Let not the smallest stay. 

Choeus. — Then sweep, sweep, sweep, my little maid, 
To make your room so neat. 

Now with short strokes and briskly, 

You biTisli the carpet o'er 5 
Your broom mast not be frisky, 
But cling close to the floor ; 

Yet gently you must sweep. 

Not dig the carpet deep. 

Choeus. — Then sweep, sweep, sweep, my little maid, 
To make your room so neat. 

Now leave the dust to settle. 

Then wash the sills and doors 
With water from the kettle ; 
How steams it as it pours ! 
Then dust each little chair. 
And every thing that's there. 

Choeus. — xVnd dust, dust, dust, and dust, my sweet. 
To make vour room so neat. 



BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 23 



SWEEPING LESSON. 

What is the necessary thing for the healthfidness of a room ? 
Plenty of fresh air. 

Hoiv often should a room he swept f 
Thoroughly once a week, but brushed up every 
day. 

How many things must you hive to sweep a room properly f 
A broom, a whisk broom, a hair brush, a feather 
duster, a cloth, and dust pan. 

What is a broom made of f 

Broomcorn ; and it becomes dry and brittle, and 
should be frequently washed in warm suds. If it is 
held under the hydrant daily, it is better. 

Hoiv should a broom be held in sweeping f 
Close to the floor. 

Hoiv should a broom be put away f 

Hung on a nail. Never stood on the broom part ; 
never with the broom turned against the wall to 
leave a soiled place. 

What is done with a hair brush f 

All the wooden parts of the furniture dusted. 
These brushes should be washed frequently, ])ut 
not left to soak in the water, lest the glue be 
softened and the bristles loosened. 



24 BED-MAKING AND SWEEPING. 

What is the feather duster for f 

To dust all pictures and ornameiits beyond reacli. 
This too should be washed, well shaken and hung* 
to dry. It is made from refuse ostrich feathers and 
is very expensive, and should never be used for 
rough pluses, nor for the outside of windows or the 
house. 

Wiat is the whisk hroomforf 

To brush all around the edges of the room and 
under heavy pieces of furniture that cannot be 
moved. 

What is the eloth used for f 

To polish after the hair brush. 

What is the first thing to be done in sweeping a room ? 

Draw up the shades and open the shutters, and 
remove all small bits of carpet and furniture. 

When do you open the icindoivs f 

After the thick dust has settled and been wiped 
off. 

^^llD not open at first? 

Because the wind blows the dust about. 

In iviping the sills and doors and base-boards, tvherc should 
you stand your pail f 

On a bit of carpet or thick cloth, so the pail will 
leave no mark. 

WJien can a room be perfectly clean and yet not inviting f 
When the shades are unevenly raised, the table- 
cloth and mats crooked, and the chairs not in their 
places. 



BED-IVIAKING AND SWEEPING. 25 



FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WENT SWEEPING 

Four litle girls went sweeping, 

To make their room neat ; 

For to keep a room tidy, one often must sweep. 

Dear little girls, go on sweeping ; 

Take a kind word and my love, 

And try to sweep nicely, you dear little dove. 



BROOM BRIGADE. 

Here we come from Yankee land ; 
Here we come, a working band, ■ 
With om' brooms and with our brushes. 
With warm hearts, and smiling faces ; 
We are learning while we are young, 
How to make om- work real fun. 

With the shortest strokes we'll sweep, 
In the corners we must peep ; 
First, the ceilings need attention. 
And the cobwebs we would mention, 
If we'd always have our room 
Filled with light and not with gloom. 

When our room is all in order 
From the center to the border, 
We will let the lady view it ; 
Sure that we shall never rue it. 
For om- work is all well done, 
Now to other work we'll run. 



26 CLOTHES WASHING. 



LESSON IV. 

CLOTHES WASHING. 

RECITATION. 

In books and work and liealtliful play 
Let my first years be passed, 
That I may have for every day 
Some good accomit at latit. 

WASHING LESSON. 

Wliat is the first thing to do about washing? 
Put the water heating. 

Wiat next f 

Sort the clothes, putting those to be washed to- 
gether, in separate piles. 

Wfiat must you do ivhen the water is tvarm f 
Make a strong suds. 

Hotv do you make the suds f 

By cutting the soap in small pieces, and dissolving 
them in the water. 

Must you use any more soap during washing f 

Yes, on the most soiled places on the articles. 

Hotv many sides of a garment do you ivash? 
Both sides. 



CLOTHES WASHING-. 27 

What should you particularly avoid f 
Using the board for the finest and nicest clothes ; 
they are too tender to be nsed ronghly. 

In what order must you tvash clothes f 
First the table linen, then the fine clothes, the 
bed linen, the coarse clothes and towels. 

When your table linen and fine clothes are washed, what do 
you do to them f 
Put them into cold water to come to a scald. 

Why not put them in hot tvater f 
Because it sets the stains. 

After they have been scalded, what do you do f 
Drain them out, and put them into clean cold 
water. 

WJiat do you do then to the coarse clothes f 
Rub soap on any soiled places, and i3ut them in 
the boiler. 

How long do you boil clothes f 

Twenty minutes ; too much boiling makes them 
tender. 

After the clothes are boiled, what do you do f 
Throw away the washing water, rinse the tub 
well, and partly fill with lukewarm water. 

Wlud do yoa put in this wafer f 

A little bluing. Then rinse your fine clothes in 
this water, and let tiiem lie in it until you drain 
your coarse clothes from the boiler and have put 
them into clean water. 



28 CLOTHES WASHING. 

Mliat do you then do to the coarse clothes f 

Rinse tliem tlioronghly in tlie cold water, and 
tlien in tlie blue water, out of which the fine clothes 
have been taken. * 

How long do then remain in this tcater f 

Until you have hung out the fine clothes. 

# 

What do you do while these things are oat drying f 
Starch the clothes that require it, and hang them 
out in the sunniest places. 

How do you maJce starch f 

Dissolve 3 tablespoons of starch in a little cold 
water ; pour on a quart of boiling water, stirring all 
the while. Before taking it ofi', stir a si^ermaceti 
candle around in the starch, and add a pinch of salt. 
Boil ten minutes. 

When clothes become yellow, or a had color, from lying nn- 
iisedy or from sicl-ness, nh it do yoii do f 

Take them from the hot suds and spread them on 
the grass or in the sun to bleach, for one hour ; then 
rinse them thoroughly in two waters. The last one 
should be blued. 

Is it ever ivell to leave clothes, any length of time tvrung 07(t, 
in piles in baskets, ivaiting to be hung out to dryf 

No, this makes poor work ; clothes become 
streaked by lying in coils as they come from 
wringing. 

What should you do as you hang clothes? 

Snap them, and pull them smooth and even ; this 
makes the ironing easier. 



CLOTHES WASHING. 29 

Which side out do you hang clothes ? 
On the wrong side. 

When do you dampen clothes f 

At niglit. Sprinkle and roll tightly, and in the 
mo. ning iron the starched things first. 

Can yon dampen clothes at night in summer f 
No, they will sour before morning, and there is 
danger of their mildewing. 

Hoiv do you wash flannels f 

Wash them in warm suds, and rinse in clean hot 
water. 

Washing dotie, ivhat shoidd you do f 

Wash and dry the boiler in all the creases ; wash 
your tubs, and, if not stationary, set them in the 
cellar or some damp place. Heat your flat-irons. 

What is necessary to good ironing f 
An ironing table, bosom-board, skirt-board, and 
sleeve-board. 

With tvhat shoidd these be covered f 
A double thickness of blanket and muslin, tightly 
and smoothly draw^n over them. 

How can you tell when an iron is hot enough f 
By trying it on the muslin-rubber. 

Wlien clothes are ironed, how do you fold them f 
Each article should be pressed neatly and hung 
on the clothes-bars, leaving them there until ])eT- 
fectly dry. Fold shirts so that the bosoms will not 
be bent in the bureau drawers. 



30 CLOTHES WASHING. 



WASHING SONG. 

In tlie tub so cheerily our little liands must go, 
Wasliing all so merrily, and washing white as snow ; 
In the tub so cheerily our little hands must go, 

Washing all so merrily, and washing w^hite as snow. 

# 

Chorus. — La, la, la, etc. : 

Up and down we rub the clothes. 

With all oiu: might and main. 
Rubbing spots away j 

And splish, splash, splash, off goes a stain, 

Splish, splash, goes the stain 
Tra la la, tra la la, tra la la. 

While we wash, oh, reachly, so Avhire the garments grow, 
Hub and scrub them steadily, and let clear water flow 5 
While we wash, oh, readily, so white the garments grow, 
Kub and scrub them steadily, and let clear water flow, 

SCRUBBING SONG. 

Scrubbing a^^ay 

At the break of day, 

To make our homes look neatly ; 

For a good hard scrub is the very best way 

To make all smell so sweetly. 

Chortjs. — Then scrub away in your very best way, 
With a face so briglit and cheerful, 
For a cheery face meets much more grace 
Than one that is always tearful. 



CLOTHES WASnmG. 31 

With tlie right hand fast, 

The brush you clasp, 

And hohl it straight as a plummet, 

Then brush the wood in the grain you should. 

And quickly you have done it. 

Chorus. — Then scrub away, etc. 

If our work we do, 

And are happy too. 

Our Heavenly Father knows it. 

And He helps us sing life's best sweet song. 

And gives us grace to close it. 

Choeus. — Then scrub away, etc. 



CLOTHES-LINE SONG. 

For oiu- ropes we skip away. 
Every one to our little play. 
Showing you in our own way. 
What we do on washing day. 
Showing you in our own way. 
What we do on washing day. 

See the clothes-line, how it blows ! 
Put up liigh to dry the clothes. 
Stretch it in the bright sunlight ; 
Always take it in at night. 
Stretch it in the bright sunlight j 
Always take it in at night. 



32 CLOTHES WASHING. 

Now we leave our little play, 
Jumping with oui* ropes away ; 
For all work and no little play, 
Makes a dreary washing day. 
For all work and no little play, 
Makes a dreary washing day. 



DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING. 33 

LESSON V. 

DIN1?"ER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING. 

OH! HOW CAN A POOR LITTLE MAIDEN? 

Oil ! Low can a poor little maiden like me 

Ever hope in the service of ladies to be ? 

'J^o handle and carry all things with great care, 

The china and glasses and bright silverw\are. 

There will l)e dishes to wash and tables to set, 

With breakfasts and dinners so patiently met ; 

The knives and the forks should be shining and bright, 

The linen so snowy our hearts to delight. 

For vrhy try to be a good little maid. 

Unless to these things attention we've paid ? 

For all homes we well know, to be happy and sweet, 

?.Iust be tended by hands that are nimble and neat. 

And hearts that are willing all duty to meet. 

DINNER-TABLE SETTING. 

^Mmt articles are to he xjut on a dinner -table first f 
Knives, forks, butter-plates, glasses, napkins, 
table-mats, salt, and castor. 
^\l^cre does the castor stand f 
In the center of the table. 
What are table-mats for f 
To prevent the hot dishes from spoiling the table. 



34 DINNEK-TABLE SETTING AND PEICKING-. 

Wliere should knives de placed f 
As taught in Lesson Second. 

WJiat is the rule for plates f 

Soup and dinner plates should always be warmed. 

^VJlat other dishes should always he tvnrmed ? 
Soup-Mireen, platter, vegetable-dishes, and gravy- 
boat. 

What tilings shoidd always he on the tahlefor the first coursr 
of a three-course dinner f 

The castor, salt, piece of bread at each plate, and 
soup-plates warm, by the tureen. It is well also to 
have the glasses filled, unless there is a table - 
waitress. 

How shoidd the things he removed ? 
First pass out the tureen, then the plates, two at 
a time, never piling them together. 

How should the next course he placed on the table f 

All the covered dishes sliould be put on first, so 

as not to leave uncovered ones to cool. Dinner-plates 

should be warm. 

What should he done hetween removing the dinner and bring- 
ing on the dessert f 

Ev(}ry thing should be taken from the table but 
the cloth and glasses and fruit, and the crumbs 
sliould be brushed off. 

In speaking of dessert here pastry is meant. 



DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING. 35 

Explain the first course of a three-course dinner f 
We have our table set for the first course with the 
80up-tureen in front of the lady of the house. If 
we wait upon the table, we must first stand behind 
the lady' s chair, then step to the right and take the 
cover from the tureen this way (taking the cover by 
the handle and inverting it), and place it on the 
sideboard this way (in the same manner) ; then 
step to the left and pass the plates. 

Wliy not taJce the cover off the tureen from the left f 
Because you would be obliged to reach in front of 
the lady. 

At which side do you set the plates down f 
At the right. 

In passing dishes from ivhich persons are to help themselves^ 
which side do you stand f 
On the left. 

Why? 

That they may use their right hand. 

Explain the second course f 

We have our table set for the second course with 
the platter in front of the gentleman, the vegetables 
in front of the lady, leaving the sides for the smaller 
dishes. We must stand near the gentleman Avhile 
he carves, then step to his left to pass the meat. 

^^^lat vegetable do you pass immediately rfter the meat f 
Potatoes. 



36 DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND TKICKING. 

Explain the third course f 

AVe have our table set for the last course, which 
is called dessert, with the pudding-dish upon a 
plate, with saucers and spoons to serve it, in front 
of the lady. 

\Buttercu2:).] 

And so we serv^e dinners, ju.st simple home dinners. 

To teacli us, how kindly you try. 
Soon we hope to be able to set a large table, 

And all of your wants to supply. 



PRICKING SONG. 

Pricking, pricking, pricking lightly 
All the lines and pattern o'er ; 

Stitching, stitching, stitching tightly 
All the i)oints y. c'ye made before. 

Some haye pans and some have kettles^ 
Some have oxen, cows, and sheep, 

Some we leani are made of metals, 
Some are only fit to eat. 

Some liave little chick-a-biddies, 

Such as liye on any farm ; 
Some have sleepy little kitties, 

Kitties never do much harm. 

Flowers to grow upon our jiaper, 
As we stitch the colors bright, 

ShoAnng you the little maker. 
Learning many things by sight. 



DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING. 



MARKETING LESSON. 

What do we learn from the priching lesson f 
To have an even eye, to make even stitcties, and a 
few useful things about each pattern. 

Which are the hardest and the most useful patterns f 
Those in v^hich we learn of marketing. 

What are the patterns ofJdttens and flowers xmt in for f 
Because children are fond of both. 

Of what animals do you learn in the marketing lesson f 
The ox and the calf, the sheep and the pig. 

What Und of meat does the ox give us f 
Beef. 

How old should he he before hilled ? 
Five or six years old. 

Of what quality should it be f 
Fine grained. 

Of ivhat color f 

Red and mingled with fat. 

If there is not a good quantity of fat running through it, tvhat 
ivill the beef be f 
Tough, and not a good flavor. 

Of what color should the fat be f 

Clean rich white, just tinged with yellow. 

IMiat are best for roastingsf 
Surloins and middle ribs. 



38 DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PEICKING. 

What are best for hroiling f 
Porter-house. 

What piece is best for corning f 
Tlie rump. 

What is used for soup f 
The leg and tail. 

What is tJw skin of the ox good for f 
Leather. 

What is the hair used for f 
To put in mortar. 

What are the horns used for f 

To make buttons and knife handles. 

What is veal f 

A calf or young ox. 

Wliat pieces are best for roasting f 
The fillet, loin, and shoulder. 

What kind of meat do we get from sheep f 
Mutton and lamb. 

Which is the youngest f 
Lamb. 

Which are the most delicate chops f 
Lamb chops from the rib. 

Where are the mutton chops taken from generally f 
The loin. 

What is the meat of a pig called f 
Pork. 



DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING. 39 

Hoiv do you tell good porh f 

The fat should be hard, the lean white and fine in 
the grain, and the rind tliin and smooth. 

What is done to the leg f 
It is soaked and corned. 

What is it called then f 
Ham 

Hoiv are spareribs coohed f 
Roasted. 

When they are separated, what are they called f 
Pork chops. 

What are the feet used for f 
Jelly, head-cheese, and sauce. 

BEATING EGGS. 

Beating eggs, beating eggs, 
Beat them from the very di'egs ; 
With long strokes and short pokes^ 
Don't put in the yolks. 
Beat them till they're very light, 
Beat away ^\ith all your might ; 
Now, you know, you may go; 
Two more ghls may show. 



40 MOULDING. 

LESSON yi. 

MOULDING. 

RECITATION. 

The last Kitchen Garden lesson this year ; 
We've a great deal to thank you for, teachers dear, 
For so kindly and jmtiently guiding us through ; 
So much we could never have learned without you. 
We have had such a nice time every day, 
With a rule in our work, and a rule in oiu- play ; 
The duties thus taught us so sweetly in song, 
Will live in oiu: memories all our lives long. 
And if our faces are cheerful and glad. 
Think ! but for this they might have been sad ; 
For to work when one has learned the way 
Is almost turning work into play. 

PAT-A-CAKE SOXG. 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, 

Now do I, master, as fast as I can 

Roll it, and roll it, and mark it with T, 

And toss it in the oven for you and for me. 

Ha, ha, ha ! you and me, moulding day, don't I love thee ! 

MOULDING LESSON. 

What do you learn f ran the moulding lesson f 
How to handle different cooking materials. 
^Mlat kinds of dough should be much kneaded f 
Bread, biscuit, and rolls. 



MOULDLNG. 41 

Whatj)f(rt of the hind do you use in'knead'mg bread f 
The part near tlie \Yrist. 

How shoidd you use the pats in maliing real butter bcdls f 
They should be dipped first into warm water, then 
into cold. 

Of tvhat use is the rolling-pin f 

To roll biscuits, cookies, etc. 

Hou' do you prevent its sticking to the dough f 

By lightly rubbing it with flour. 

Wh(d should be done to the bahing-pan ? 
It should be larded to prevent things from stick- 
ing. 

Mlmt shoidd be done ivhile using the biscuit and cookie cutter f 
They should be often dipped in dry flour. 

MOULDING SONG. 

Smg a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, 
Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie 5 
AVlien the pie was opened, tlie birds began to sing j 
Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king ? 

Little girls are learning how to mould the bread; 
How to roll the cookies, just as teacher said; 
How to hold the cutter, with the greatest cure. 
Making all their moulding fit for anywhere. 

Clay we use for batter, while we little know ; 

But as we get older and the wiser grow, 

Flom' and meal you'll give us, for we've learned to-day 

How to mix and mould them, kneading with the clay. 



42 MOULDmG. 



SALT SONG. 



Oil, clear ! what can tlie matter be ! 

Dear, clear ! what can the matter be ? 

Oh, dear ! what can the matter be ? 

Cook has forgotten the salt. 

We need it in bread and we need it in butter ; 

AVhen boiling potatoes, we put it in water; 

AVe use it on meat, and we use it in puddings ; 

Indeed we can't cook without salt. 

For the tal)le we roll it, and pound it and sift it ; 

For brine you need coarse salt, you scarcely can lift it ; 

For cooking use finer, but to put on the tabic 

Get jars of the best British salt. 

Salt, salt must have a good savor. 

To give all our cooking its very best flavor ; 

And girls who are careless of wrong and right doing, 

Are worthless as savorless salt. 



PLAY OLD COOK. 

.Three little girls like birds in their nest, 

They try to do then very best, 

All mixing bread in one big tray. 

The old cook came and they all ran away. 



SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 43 



SLipplementary Songs, 



SCHOOL TIME. 

There is a time to come to school, 
'Tis when the bell is ringing j 

There is a time to learn to work, 
And that's the time for singing. 

Chorus. — Come to the Kitchen School, 
Come and leani to do it. 
Come and learn the easy rule, 
And you will never rue it. 

There is a time to sweep the room, 
A time for washing dishes ; 

It need not be a time of gloom, 
Unless a body wishes. 

There is a time to labor hard, 
The seeds of knowledge sowing ; 

There is a time for everything. 
And now's the time for going. 

TABLE SONG. 

Say ! can you a table set ? 

Can you tell me how ? 
Let me see you do it 5 

I will wait just now. 



44: SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 

Yes j you've laid tbie cloth right j 
Stop ! the caster next ; 

Now put table-mats on ; 

Square and true is youi* test. 

Oh, how children mix things ! 

Can't you use 3'om' eyes f 
These plates are not for dinner, 

They're only fit for pies. 
Yes ; the soup-plates next, dear ! 

They always should be hot ; 
It spoils the best of dinners 

Whenever that's forgot. 

There ! I think I'll tmst you ; 
Mind you work by rule ; 
Don't forget the lessons 
You were taught at school. 



MULBERRY BUSH. 



All around the midberry bush, 

MulbeiTy bush, mulbeny bush ; 

All around the mulberry bush. 

So early Monday morning. 

This is the way w^e wash our clothes. 
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes ; 
This is the way we wash our clothes, 
So early Monday morning. 

This is the way we sprinkle our clothes, 
Sprinkle our clothes, sprinkle our clothes j 



SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 45 

This is the way we sprinkle our clothes^ 
So early in the morning. 

This is the way we iron our clothes, etc. 
So early in the morning. 

This is the way we sweep our room, etc. 
So early in the morning. 

This is the way we scrub our floors, etc. 
So early in the morning. 

This is the way we go to chm-ch, etc. 
So earl}^ Sunday morning. 



COME TO THE KITCHEN SCHOOL. 

Oh, come to the Kitchen School, 

And learn to work away ! 
Oh, come to the Kitchen School, 

And join your work with })lay ! 
Around us, above us, 

Pm^e sj^mpathy floats. 
And voices that love us 

Repeat the soft notes. 
Oh, come to the Kitchen School, etc. 

Learn in your early days 

To act a noble part, 
And in all your works and ways 

To do with all your heart j 



46 SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 

Then j^ou'll always be cheerful, 
Yoiir consciences free, 

And even the tearful 

Have a kind word for thee. 

Oh, corne to the Kitchen School, etc. 

SOAP AND SAND. 

Soap and sand, soap and sand, 
Take them steady in your hand; 
Rub them well, rub them well. 
That will surely tell. 
And when into the pans you look, 
As into an open book. 
You will see, looking in. 
Faces in the tin. 

Wash them well, wash them well. 
Make them new, and fit to sell ; 
Pile them high, pile them high. 
On the hearth to diy. 
Then into the closet neat 
Put them all, so clean and sweet. 
In a row, in a row. 
What a pretty show ! 

That will do, that will do, 
Pans are bright and faces too ; 
Wash your hands, wash your hands. 
Through with soap and sands. 
Now into the school-room run. 
For your work is nicely done, 
And your day, and your day. 
Has been almost play. 



SUPPLEMENTARY SOXGS. 47 

POOR LITTLE MAIDEN. 

Oh ! what shall I do, for our waitress' gone out, 

The hoiu" of the dinner is coming about, 

Papa has sent word he'll bring friends home to dine, 

And he hopes that it all will be ready in time. 

There's the table to set, and dessert to prepare. 

And we've surely enough for a nice bill of fare ; 

It is no use to say I have never been taught ; 

Eor if there is a girl who certainly ought 

To know all the things that are useful and right, 

^Tis the one who is standing now plain in your sight. 

I will put on an apron as quick as I can, 

It would be such a shame to disappoint the dear man, 

And he don't need to know all the trials I've had. 

It only would trouble and make him feel sad. 

I have learned how to place and serve every dish, 

Be it poultry or soup, or salad or fish. 

And by time all is ready our maid will be here, 

And I'll meet m}^ guests without any fear, 

For what is the use of a daughter at home. 

If for a good dinner a father must roam, 

SCRUBBING SONG. (No. 2.) 

Scrubbing away while the rules you say, 

The way to make boards whitest : 
Use sand, not soap, and cold water, we hope, 

You have heard make all spots brightest. 

Chorus — So scrub away in the grain, you say, 
Work strong and hard and steady. 
And before you know all the spots will go, 
When to wash with warm suds you are read}^ 



FILL YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD. 



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FILL YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD. 



How much we need to learn to work, 
To learn to work, to learn to work, 
And so our duty never shirk, 

If we'd fill our place in the world. 



We should know how to dust, we should know how to scrub, 
How to brighten a boiler, or cleanse a wash-tub. 
And to do all our work without any hubbub, 
And so fill our place in the world. 

We should know about tables and kettles and floors, 
To wash dishes and silver, and windows and doors ; 
For, with all who keep house it ne'er rains but it pom's. 
And we all have a place in the world. 

So day after day, from morning till night, 
To learn how to w^ork let us ever delight j 
For all that we do we wish to do right, 
And so fill our place in the world. 



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WASHING SONG. (No. 2.) 

Sort the clothes, while water's heating, 

With the greatest care ; 
Stretch the line out in the sunshine. 

If the day is fair ; 
Rinse the tubs so nice and tidy, 

All the specks away ; 
So begin your work all nicely 

On the washing day. 

Eirst wash well the table linen, 

While the water's clean • 
Care for stains, you've learned the lesson 

Let them not be seen. 
Then you rub them, cuffs and collars. 

All the streaks away 5 
Work by rule, and work so nicely 

On the washing day. 

When the washing is quite finished. 

And put out to diy. 
Every pair all hung together 

On the line so high, 
Put the flat-irons on the furnace^ 

For it is the way, 
Always to press out the flannels 

On the washing day. 



52 SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 

rvECITATION. 

LITTLE KATIE. 

Our dear little Katie was crying and sad, 

She seemed to have nothing to make her feel glad j 

For her mf>ther la\' ill on a tumbled bed, 

The pillows unshaken beneath her head ; 

The dust in dark corners and over the floor, 

And no one to wait on the bell at the door. 

'^ This never will do," said our brave little Kate j 

''The fire will go out and the dinner be late ; 

Both servants have left because mamma is ill, 

So I must try her place and theirs to fill ; 

For papa and brother will both look to me 

To get them their dinner and mamma's hot tea. 

And I can do it too, as my work will soon show, 

For we were taught all these things at the school where I go^ 

From the making of fire to the drawing of tea ; 

And knowing how makes it quite easy, you see. 

I wonder I wasted so much time in- crying, 

Where I'd only to rise and my school mles be trying." 

So she closed up the drafts, shook the ashes away. 

As she knew how to work, it was almost like play. 

She soon put in the kindling to start up the fire, 

And piled on the sticks just a little bit higher; 

Then opened the dampers as she lighted the match, 

And set fire to the papers, that easily catch. 

And so she went on, this dear little maid. 

Her lessons all kept her from being afraid. 

And when her heart failed her and she feared she was wrong,. 

She remembered the nice rules all written in song. 



SUPPLEMENTARY SONGS. 53 

And wlien, on retiring, lier papa she kissed, 
He said that no comfort or care he had missed. 
Now this neat moral from dear little Kate, 
Who sets an example to every plajTnate : 
We'll try to learn everything that girls can do. 
What happens to Katie may not happen to yon ; 
But in this world of changes we never can tell, 
And you want to be ready to do your part well. 

WHEN WE ARE VERY LITTLE. (No. 2.) 

When we are very little 

Is just the time to think, 
How much we can help others, 

And comfort hearts that sink. 
So, if we learn how work is done, 

And try our very best. 
Then we may show some other one, 

" And thus our knowledge test. 

Chorus — And so we come to school. 

And so we come to school. 
And there we learn exactly right, 
For we are taught by rule. 

We learn to wash the dishes. 

We learn to make the fires. 
We learn to draw a cup of tea — 

The cup which never tires ; 
We learn to set a table, 

To keep a kitchen neat -, 
We learn to move more gently. 

And quietly to speak. 



54 SUPPLEMENTAKY SONGS. 

Choeus — All this we did at school, 

All this we did at school, 
And there we learned exactly right, 
For we were taught by rule. 

We learn to give directions 
# In a helpful, kindly way, 
As, " Would you mind," " I'd like you to,'' 

Or, " If yoQ please," to say. 
For those who work about us 

Have tender feelings too, 
And the spirit which is shown by them 

AVill much depend on you. 

Chokus — So leam it w^hile at school. 

So learn it while at school ; 
Then you will speak just as you should 
When yoiu- turn comes to rule. 

THE LITTLE WAITRESS. 

I am called a good waitress — a very good waitress — 

I am sure you can always tell ^\'hy -, 
I've been taught to step lightly, to have all things sightly, 

And watch every want to supply. 

I try to be able to watch all at the table. 

And this you will readily see, 
Makes every one comfortable, restful and comfortable ; 

And so they depend upon me. 

I've learned at the kitchen- school, where they all work by rule, 

Which side to pass with a tray, 
In regular order take tea-cup and saucer. 

And quietly go on my way. 



THE LITTLE WAITRESS. 

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BOILING POTATOES. 



If potatoes you would boil, 

Little girls, little girls. 
And potatoes would not spoil, 

Little girls. 
Use well your little eyes. 
Get potatoes of one size. 

Little girls, little giiis. 
Then you pare them very thin. 
For the meal is next the skin, 
Cover them Avith water cold. 
Pray remember what you're told, 

Little girls, little girls. 

For a long while let them stay, 
Then the water turn away. 
Quick into the potato pot 
Pour the water boiling hot. 
Now let them boil to time. 
Watch for minutes twenty-nine, 
Sometimes it -will take less. 
Try with fork, and then you guess. 

Just as soon as they are soft. 
Then you tm^i the water off, 
Shake them well, and let them stay 
Near the fire and steam away. 
Now that is "boiled potatoes" plain, 
When you mash them boil the same, 
Only crush them last, and beat 
In hot milk and butter sweet. 



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